Alexsandra Cristina Scalfo

Singlet Molecular Oxygen Generation by Light-Activated DHN-Melanin of the Fungal Pathogen Mycosphaerella fijiensis in Black Sigatoka Disease of Bananas

Miguel J. Beltrán-García, Fernanda M. Prado, Marilene Silva Oliveira et al. · PLoS ONE · 2014 · 85 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Microbiology, Plant Sciences +16

Novel properties of melanins include promotion of DNA strand breaks, impairment of repair, and reduced ability to damage DNA after quenching of singlet oxygen

Andréia Akemi Suzukawa, Alessandra Vieira, Sheila Maria Brochado Winnischofer et al. · Free Radical Biology and Medicine · 2012 · 47 citations

Life Sciences, Dermatology, Molecular Biology +17

Tellurium and Iodine Promoted Cyclofunctionalization of Alkenyl Substituted β-Keto Esters

Helena M. C. Ferraz, Myrian K. Sano, Alexsandra Cristina Scalfo · Synlett · 1999 · 20 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Catalysis +11

Effects of the melanin precursor 5,6-dihydroxy-indole-2-carboxylic acid (DHICA) on DNA damage and repair in the presence of reactive oxygen species

Maria Carolina Pellosi, Andréia Akemi Suzukawa, Alexsandra Cristina Scalfo et al. · Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics · 2014 · 17 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +16